# Model Designer at Thinking Machines

- Company: Thinking Machines
- What the company does: Connectionism: Research Blog by Thinking Machines Lab. Backed by a16z, Accel and GV.
- Company website: https://thinkingmachines.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $300K to $400K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-30
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/ThinkingMachines/325bd679-8b8b-4ba4-9155-73f3ed66401b?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/thinking-machines-model-designer/

## About the role

As a Model Designer, you’ll shape how our models behave and feel, and how people experience working with them. Working alongside the researchers building these models, you might design: how a model reads intent, when it acts on its own, when it asks, and whether the person comes away sharper than they started. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Clear communication, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts in writing
- Demonstrated ability to understand users whose needs and contexts differ from your own, through work across varied populations, domains, or cultures
- Several years of experience in a role focused on how people interact with technology, such as product design, UX research, content or conversation design, or model behavior work at an AI lab
- We encourage you to apply if you bring some of the following, we don’t expect anyone to bring all of them
- Experience designing model behavior or personality, or influencing technical roadmaps in domains where quality depends on judgment and there is no single right answer
- Experience shaping how models approach research, exercise judgment, express uncertainty, or reflect a coherent set of values

Tags: Research

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